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Russian Hackers Phish EU Officials Over Messaging Apps

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Russian Hackers Phish EU Officials Over Messaging Apps

Russian nation-state threat groups are targeting EU officials through Signal and WhatsApp instead of traditional email. EU governments are responding by reducing reliance on consumer messaging applications for official communications.

Why it matters: EU officials and their security teams must secure messaging platforms and implement application allowlists or endpoint controls, as adversaries are exploiting the perceived informality of these channels to conduct social engineering campaigns.

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